Eric Sykes
Acting
Biography
'Eric Sykes' started as a radio scriptwriter but he soon found he could perform as well as write. The slight handicap of being very hard of hearing doesn't interfere with his wonderful comic timing. The spectacles he wears have no lenses but contain a bone conducting hearing aid.
Born: May 4, 1923
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
TeleTubbies: Musical Playtime
Teletubbies Musical Playtime is the nineth volume in the Teletubbies VHS series released in 1999. Includes Musical Tubby Custard. (From Cafe Eggs) Boom Boom Dance Teletubbies Boom Boom Dance (From Boom Boom Dance) Songs about Favourite things (From Carnival ll) Mittens (from Handy Hands) Musical Noo Noo (From My Violin) Harp Tinky Winky and Po play the Harp (From Harp) Dizzy Dance (from Sparkly Spider)
It's Your Move
A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Jimmy Edwards, Irene Handl, Bob Todd and Andrew Sachs.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
Visiting Uncle Dick
Margaret is visiting a relative in hospital. Victor is his usual self, complaining about everything; and Margaret is her usual self, pretending not to hear him...or is she?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
Rhubarb Rhubarb
During a game of golf between a police inspector and a vicar the inspector cheats by having a constable move his ball into favourable positions and the vicar's into hazardous ones. when the vicar discovers this he prays for divine intervention which turns the tables.
The Others
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
dinnerladies
Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.
New Tricks
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
Filmography
as Himself
as Frank Bryce
as Ferapont
as Mr. Edmund Tuttle
as Uncle Dick
as Jim
as Mr Blick, the plumber
as Jobson the Doorman
as Mr Drinkwater
as Mr Fullerton
as Self
as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
as Mad Hatter
as Horace Harker
as Genie
as Head Removal Man
as Chief Constable
as Self
as Mr. Pangbourne
as Taller Workman
as Self
as Self
as Brassett
as Sergeant Dogge
as Self
as Doggy
as Eric Sykes
as Eric Sykes
as Insp. Rhubarb
as Perkins
as Mako
as Smaller Workman
as Wrigley
as Griffen
as William Hunt
as Mr. Groomkirby
as The Mariner
as Harry Smith
as Rumbelow
as Herbert Harris
as Sports Officer Willoughby
as Civilian electrician #2
as Martin
as Brother-in-Law
as Pvt. Waterhouse